Shirtloads of Science
Dr Karl’s a curious optimist – a great combination for a science lover. Join him and his guests for weird facts, amazing conversation and remember, it’s never too late for a happy childhood.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 428
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
SOFIA Studying the Birth of Stars from a Flying Telescope (49)
SOFIA is the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy.
Some German astronomers have made a one hundred inch telescope that picks up infrared. They bent it and shrunk it so that it fits into a…
How We Got Into Science (48)
Team Shirtload confesses all when they chat about how they got into science. Was it the nifty lab coats? Being able to use big words with authority? For Karl it has something to do with coathangers i…
The Fiery Death Plunge of Spacecraft Cassini (47)
On the 15 September, 2017, after a long and happy life, the spacecraft Cassini will do (or did, depending on when you listen to this) a suicide plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, the ringed planet…
How good is Coffee ? Prof Clare Collins & Dr Karl (46)
Of all hot beverages, Coffee may be the healthiest. It is loaded with antioxidants and beneficial nutrients and it may even lower the risk of some nasty diseases. Dietitician Prof Clare Collins & Dr …
Life on Titan, Space Agencies and Hangry (45)
Dr Alice has a look at possible life but not as we know it on Titan. Close to but not quite, Dr Jessica on Australia's place the future shape of Space Agencies. And Dr Karl on how hungry can make you…
Dr Lucie & Dr Karl at 15 million degrees (44)
Dr Lucie Green is a Solar Researcher. She studies our natural power source – that Great Nuclear Reactor in the Sky, the Sun.
Come along for the ride with me, Dr Karl, as Dr Lucie helps discover how …
Science + Quiz = Comedy National Science Week 2017 (43)
To celebrate National Science Week in Australia, we all got together under the umbrella of the Sydney Science Festival to have a fun night called SquizCo – in other words, Science Plus Quiz = Comedy.
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Why Great physics is Messy with Dr Helen Czerski (42)
Dr Karl and Dr Helen - talking about ..World's longest echo, how to photograph the molecules inside an explosion, Oceans, Coffee rings and climate change.
Dr Helen Czerski describes Physics today as …
Spider Webs, The Shape of Eggs & On The Road with Bertha Benz (41)
In this episode - just about, almost on-the-verge of becoming Doctor Jessica on the physics of chemical bonding in spider's silk and how it might help us to build better stuff. Dr Alice on computer m…
Ultra Marathon AstroPhysics with Professor Lisa (40)
Making sense of the Heavens above is extreme science. Add radio telescopes and that becomes multi dimensional. Then apply stresses that destroy 4 wheel vehicles in the desert and you have this week's…
Mice in Space, Battery & Plane Travel, Blue Pigment (39)
This week the team are all in the wild blue yonder. Dr Alice talks about mice pups and space and burying sperm deep under the lunar surface. Dr Karl dreams of carbon free plane travel and passengers …
White Coffee & Meringues - Prof Claire Collins on the foamy Science of proteins (38)
What makes white coffee so foamy and delicious. That delightful crunch when you bite into the perfect meringue. Scientifically they're both made of the same stuff - protein. Prof Claire Collins take…
Con Artists, Cold Spots and Stradivarius violins (37)
Things are not always how they seem: Dr Karl explains how to be buff, good looking and scientifically believable in order to con the gullible. Almost Dr Jessica explains how a statistical quirk could…
Climate Science Debate (36)
Dr. Michael Mann & the Hockey Stick Graph. (35)
This podcast is about Science and a chart. Team leader, Professor Michael Mann, drew it 20 years ago using good science. It's been named "The Hockey Stick Graph" because of the way it shoots up. It h…
The Artificial Uterus, Schroedinger's Cat & Bacteriophages (34)
Blue Sky Science. This week the lamb in a bag - Dr Alice on the research that may help save premature babies. Almost Dr Jessica with a cat in a box wanted dead and/or alive. And Dr Karl on the virus…
Food Fraud Forensic Science (33)
We are what we eat. Organic, low fat, pesticide-free, High Fibre ; Consumers are charged extra for foods with health benefits like these. But when food is packaged, how do you know what is really ins…
Natural Nukes, Pulsars and Lithium-ion Batteries (33)
Natural Nukes - Dr Karl explains how the earth created a nuclear reactor billions of years before we figured out how. Extreme gravity, relativistic rotation speeds and could-have-been alien lighthous…
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez - Climate Change Activist (31)
From the age of six, Xiuhtezcatl has been out to improve our world. He worked locally to get pesticides out of parks, coal ash contained, and fracking moratoriums. He has addressed the General Assemb…
Ayahusca, Number Stations, Silk Stops Bullets (30)
Dr Alice is talking about Ayahusca a South American hallucinogen that may help depression and other mental disorders, nearly Doctor Jessica exploring number stations and the secret messages that have…